Sullen
Sullen , adjective
[Old English solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French from (assumed) Late Latin solanus solitary, from Latin solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1.
Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obsolete] — Wyclif (Job iii. 14)
2.
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. — Milton
Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change.
3.
Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.
4.
Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.
5.
Obstinate; intractable.
Things are as sullen as we are.
6.
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
The larger stream was placid, and even sullen, in its course.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows;
The dreaded east is all the wind that blows.
Sullen , noun
1.
One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. [Obsolete] — Piers Plowman
2.
Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Sullen , transitive verb
To make sullen or sluggish. [Obsolete]
Sullens the whole body with... laziness.